Today: The Fault Under Our Stars

Jan 24, 2018 | 5:00 AM

A new official map shows an earthquake fault zone runs through Beverly Hills' renowned shopping district.

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The Fault Under Our Stars

Rodeo Drive is famous for its luxury brands catering to the rich and famous. It's also home to a fault capable of producing a magnitude 7 earthquake, according to data from state geologists. The California Geological Survey's final map has the Santa Monica fault zone cutting through the heart of the Westside, straddling or paralleling Santa Monica Boulevard through Century City and Westwood before heading due west, with segments running into Brentwood, Santa Monica and Pacific Palisades.

Sessions' Session — and Those Missing Text Messages

President Trump says he is "not at all concerned" that the special counsel's office questioned Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions for several hours last week. Sessions is the first known member of the president's Cabinet to be interviewed in the criminal inquiry of Russian election interference, and it's expected Robert S. Mueller III will seek an interview with Trump in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, there's the matter of those missing text messages between Peter Strzok, a senior FBI agent, and Lisa Page, an FBI lawyer, who had initially worked on the special counsel's team and reportedly were in a romantic relationship. Some of Trump's allies are suggesting it's a coverup. Oddly enough, Strzok apparently was not enthusiastic about the Russia investigation, based on one of the existent texts.

The number is unimaginable: nearly 200 girls and women, mostly athletes, molested over two decades. Even more unimaginable is the pain inflicted by Larry Nassar, a USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University physician, who pleaded guilty to 10 sexual assault charges for which he will be sentenced today. He's already facing 60 years in prison on child pornography charges. Columnist Bill Plaschke looks at the case and says it particularly hits home for any parent of a young athlete.

The Oscars Are Woke? Get Out!

The Academy Award nominations have long been about more than just which film got the most nominations, but this year was particularly fraught: How would they address past criticisms for a lack of diversity — and play out amid the #MeToo movement? As it turned out, Jordan Peele became the first African American to earn producer, director and writer nominations for a single film with the hit "Get Out"; Greta Gerwig became just the fifth woman recognized as a director for "Lady Bird"; and "Mudbound's" Rachel Morrison is the first female cinematographer nominated in the awards' 90-year history. As columnist Glenn Whipp puts it, there were "a great many 'it's about time' moments."

-- Prosecutors say David and Louise Turpin tortured their children and held them captive inside their Perris home, yet the 13 occasionally had contact with the outside world. Now several people are talking about their interactions with the family.

He was born Ermes Effron Borgnino in Hamden, Conn., on this date in 1917. Audiences would come to know him as Ernest Borgnine, who portrayed "Fatso" Judson in the 1953 movie "From Here to Eternity," won an Oscar as the star of 1955's "Marty" and played the title role in the sitcom "McHale's Navy" from 1962 to 1966. He died in 2012.

NATION-WORLD

-- A 15-year-old male student opened fire with a handgun inside a rural Kentucky high school, killing two classmates and injuring 17. It's reportedly the 11th school shooting of the new year.

-- "It's been hilarious to see the snowflake right triggered over moves by the state Legislature and cities like San Francisco and Maywood to create sanctuaries for immigrants," writes columnist Gustavo Arellano. "And it ain't over."

If you've ever wished you'd come up with the names for the corpse flower or the naked man orchid, here's your chance: An auction is being held to provide the scientific and common names for four species of mint, each discovered in a separate area of California. Bidding starts at $10,000. One rule: "No mean names attacking political leaders will be accepted."